The Age of Narcissism, Individuation and Cosmic Consciousness
narcissism: vanity, self-love, self-admiration, self-adulation, self-absorption, self-obsession, conceit, self-conceit, self-centeredness, self-regard, egotism, egoism, egocentricity, egomania.
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Individuation, in the context of Carl Jung's analytical psychology, refers to the process of becoming a unique, integrated individual. It involves integrating the conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche to achieve wholeness and self-realization. This process is often seen as a lifelong journey of self-discovery and the realization of one's true self.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
• Self-Realization:
Individuation is about discovering one's unique purpose and meaning in life, becoming conscious of one's own self.
• Integration of the Psyche:
It involves bringing together the conscious mind with the unconscious, including the shadow, anima/animus, and the Self.
• Becoming a Whole Being:
The goal of individuation is to achieve a sense of wholeness and unity, where all parts of the self are integrated and harmonious.
• Lifelong Process:
Individuation is not a one-time event but rather a continuous process of growth and development throughout life.
• Archetypal Process:
Jung believed that individuation is an archetypal process, a natural tendency of the human psyche to develop towards wholeness.
• Jung's Contributions:
Carl Jung's work on individuation has had a profound impact on psychology and has been influential in understanding personal development and self-realization.
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By Steven Taylor PhD., March 13, 2017, Psychology Today
"As well as bringing an intense sense of the is-ness of things, the heightened awareness of the wakeful state brings an intense sense of now-ness. Our present-tense experience—our awareness of our surroundings, perceptions, and sensations—becomes so powerful that we give complete attention to it. The past and future become completely unimportant as we realize that there’s only now, that life can only ever take place in the present moment. As a result, the whole concept of time becomes meaningless. Life is no longer a road with directions forward and backward; instead, it becomes a spacious panorama without movement or sequence. In Whitman’s words, “The past and present wilt—I have filled them, emptied them.” And here he describes his intense experience of nowness: I do not talk of beginning or end. There was never any more inception than there is now,
Nor any more youth or age than there is now;
And will never be any more perfection than there is now,
Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now.
Whitman’s awareness of a spirit-force pervading everything meant that to him there were no separate or independent phenomena. To him, all things were part of a greater unity. In his poem “On the Beach at Night, Alone,” for example, he describes his awareness that all things are part of a “vast similitude.” All suns, planets, human beings, animals, plants, all of the future and the past, and all of space are essentially one and the same."
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"To believe is to accept another's truth.
To know is your own creation."
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Edited: 04.11.2025
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